She was born April 15, 1894 and was born at Chattanooga, Tennesse. She died September 26, 1937 and died at age 43.she was a blues singer. She is known for the best female blues singer of the 1920s and 1930s. she battled a problem with alcohol, died in a car accident, since her death her music continues to new fans. Our lives are better today because of this person because of the good music she left behind.